Online Marketing Made Easy with Amy Porterfield

#695: Create Your 9-to-5 Exit Strategy in 5 Simple Steps

Jul 9, 2024

17:23

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Learn how to set realistic revenue goals, engage with your audience, grow and nurture your email list, connect with other entrepreneurs, and reinvest profits in your business. Discover the importance of community support, overcoming isolation, and transitioning successfully from a 9-to-5 to entrepreneurship.

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Setting realistic revenue goals fosters experimentation and learning in business development.

Learn audience preferences for informed product creation; prioritize email list growth for direct communication.

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Setting Realistic Revenue Goals

Setting realistic revenue goals in the initial stages of starting a business allows you to focus on building connections with your audience, refining your messaging, growing your email list, and establishing a clear direction. By concentrating on achievable revenue targets rather than aiming for immediate millions, you create space for experimentation and learning.

Intro

11min

Strategies for Email List Building and Business Growth

2min

Embracing Community and Avoiding Isolation in the Transition to Entrepreneurship

2min

Transitioning from 9-to-5 to Entrepreneurship: Investing, Understanding Audiences, and Reinvesting Profits

5min

My top 5 tips to successfully leave your corporate job and start your dream business today.

You've finally taken the courageous leap to quit your 9-5 and start building the business of your dreams? So…what's next? Well – the very first step is to listen to this episode! I’m not lying when I say that today's episode is one I wish I had when I left my corporate job and started my own business 15 years ago.

I'm lifting the curtain on the most important steps you can take as a first-time entrepreneur that I know will set you and your business up for success right from the start! And these tips aren't just for newbies. Even if you're a seasoned pro, you might find yourself listening along and reflecting back on your early days – or you could realize that you might have skipped one or two of these crucial steps!

My sweet friend, you'll hear all the details about why I'm so grateful I started to build a thriving email list early on, how I've learned to use all the feedback from my audience, and exactly where I like to reinvest my profit back into my business.

Today, I talk about:

(3:43) Tips for setting a realistic revenue goal for your first year (instead of trying to make millions!)
(5:41) The best ways to connect and learn from your audience
(8:07) Why it’s so important to grow and nurture your email list
(10:17) How to connect with a community of other entrepreneurs
(13:29) Where to reinvest your profit back into your business

Listen in and get ready to have the business, freedom, and life you’ve always wanted! The time to start is NOW.

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